1 Creative Assignment: On/off experiment
When this assignment was presented I was surprised to note my internal dread and resistance in completing it. Technology, social media (particularly instagram), etc, is so ingrained in my day to day life.I chose to stay off instagram for one full day and the following day I chose to go back on the platform but resist the temptation to open the reels. In regards to the full day I stayed off the app I noticed myself being quite uncomfortable almost as if there was an itch I couldn't scratch. In down time I caught my thumb, directed through muscle memory, hovering over the app. It was as if I wanted to passively engage in the platform without consciously doing so. I have a bad habit of vaping. The resistance, urge, the muscle memory, uncomfortable without it, and unconscious engagement of the experiment reminded me of my relationship with nicotine, an addiction. The first part of my creative response to the on/off experiment reflects this aspect of what I noticed. In this response I used AI (chat gpt) to supper impose the instagram logo on my arm as if it were a nicotine patch.
The second creative response sprung from the positive aspects I noticed from this experiment. I am blessed to have a life full of so much beauty, beauty that I sometimes take for granted while I am doom scrolling. I get to ride horses every morning, I am a florist, and I have mush of a cat who can get ignored through my technology engagement. In this response I also took a look at how technology impacts my art. I am, at times, a little too tied to photographic references. I decided to begin this work through sketching my cat from life. I then went on to sketch horses and flowers from memory. This response is representative of my presence, observance, and greater mindfulness/ appreciation of my surroundings, my world when technology (instagram) was taken out of the equation.
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